This will vary in emphasis depending upon the client's needs but generally consists of:

• Full body composition assessment (fat mass, lean mass, hydration level and calorie expenditure)
• Blood pressure and heart rate checks
• Assessment of the client's current dietary program

Then an individual and mutually agreed eating plan will be constructed, with a view to achieving the client's desired goals, along with a supplementation program if required.

Many people have misconceptions about the quantity, and indeed types, of foods that constitute a healthy eating plan. For instance many people actually under eat and as such lower their metabolic rate. This in turn reduces their fat burning efficiency and actually increases the incidence of fat accumulation. Therefore by reducing calories too harshly you can actually increase fat mass - yet due to decreased lean muscle tissue and dehydration a loss of total weight may be observed!

This misconception of "diet" forms the majority of most peoples regimes when attempting to lose fat. The loss of weight and the loss of fat are separate issues and have to be defined, and I educate my clients on the correct protocols for success.

Medical ailments and degenerative diseases have also been treated very successfully with nutritional intervention. As such I do work with many client's who suffer from various conditions and have found that they not only achieve great relief from associated pain but that the conditions may actually regress.

In conclusion nutrition is a vital part of anyone's health program.

	let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food - Hippocrates